Word: prison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rahman: When I came here, I was fleeing oppression. Now I am facing the same oppression. I came here to avoid prison, and I was put in prison. I came here to smell freedom; I found it to be suffocating here...
Iguchi, who could face up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine if convicted of bank fraud and forgery, remained a mystery to his neighbors and colleagues as he languished in a Manhattan jail cell. He is divorced but has custody of his two teenage sons. The threesome moved from one neighborhood to another in 1991, finally settling into a house currently worth about $300,000. "I've never seen him, and we live right across the street," says Karen Donow of Kinnelon. "I've seen the kids playing basketball, but that's it. No one knew...
...sharply polarized. Never mind that the jury has nine African Americans--a guilty verdict will infuriate many blacks outside the courtroom. An nbc poll last week showed just 2% of blacks would convict Simpson of first-degree murder, which requires proof of premeditation and could send him to prison for life without parole. Only 15% would support even a second-degree verdict, the one appropriate to killings that might be called crimes of passion, which in California would carry a prison term of 15 years to life. Fifty-nine percent believe he should be acquitted...
Violation of the injunction could result in stiffer fines, up to $10,000 and up to ten years in prison, in the case of a repeat incident...
...very shaky feeling right now in the Japanese financial community." Toshihide Iguchi, an executive with Daiwa's New York office, has been charged with falsifying records in connection with $1.1 billion in losses for the Japanese bank. If convicted, Iguchi faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and $1 million in fines. The incident is reminiscent of the collapse of Barings Bank, where another rogue trader, Nicholas Leeson, caused the collapse of Britain's oldest merchant bank. Thanks to Daiwa's size, it is in no danger of collapsing...